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Re: The NFL Thread

I feel like the Ravens will win tomorrow. I envision a lot of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce carrying the ball and I don't think the traditionally undersized Colts defense will have an answer for it. I might have a different gut feeling if it was on the road, but no. Anyway, I hope they can keep Ray Lewis playing another week. I was rooting for the Bengals as I'd rather play the Patriots than the Broncos in the next round, but whatever.

I think the late game will be a good one. I'm not sure what to make of it, but the better team thus far has been Seattle. But the Redskins being home underdogs scares me so I think they could win.

I feel like the Ravens will win tomorrow. I envision a lot of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce carrying the ball and I don't think the traditionally undersized Colts defense will have an answer for it. I might have a different gut feeling if it was on the road, but no. Anyway, I hope they can keep Ray Lewis playing another week. I was rooting for the Bengals as I'd rather play the Patriots than the Broncos in the next round, but whatever.

I think the late game will be a good one. I'm not sure what to make of it, but the better team thus far has been Seattle. But the Redskins being home underdogs scares me so I think they could win.

Exactly! I was actually watching that game and I laughed so hard when that happened.

It was just a weird play. He faked it then tried to run up a "invisible" hole. I wonder if he was thinking he could forcibly push the linemen forward like some RB's do occasionally either way it was hilarious.

Re: The NFL Thread

I can understand that. I made the Packers pick as I just didn't trust Ponder anyway and I thought that the Packers would turn it on in the playoffs. I know that the Vikings had won last week, but I just didn't think it would happen for them this week.

I'm still confused why even an injured Ponder wouldn't have been better than Joe Webb, but whatever. I'll be curious to see what Leslie Frasier's explanation is for this.

Re: The NFL Thread

Well, I am sorry, Gary. I had thought that your Ravens were looking a bit shaky lately, but Lucky's inaccuracy popped up again. Then again, his receivers dropped a bunch of passes, too. I mean, he's thrown the ball 50 times. I thought Chuck Pagano made some poor play calls, such as not going for it on that 4th and 4 from the 5 yard line. I thought that the back up offensive coordinator with Bruce Arians being out sick did a bad job.

The Ravens played well though and the defense played fairly well.

I'm now 1-2 in the Wild Card games, with only my pick of the Packers over the Vikings working out. Come on, Washington, make me .500 for the weekend!

Re: The NFL Thread

Originally Posted by FrostyMouse

Well, I am sorry, Gary. I had thought that your Ravens were looking a bit shaky lately, but Lucky's inaccuracy popped up again. Then again, his receivers dropped a bunch of passes, too. I mean, he's thrown the ball 50 times. I thought Chuck Pagano made some poor play calls, such as not going for it on that 4th and 4 from the 5 yard line. I thought that the back up offensive coordinator with Bruce Arians being out sick did a bad job.

The Ravens played well though and the defense played fairly well.

Was there a pass completed in the fourth quarter? All I saw was drop after drop. I thought the replacement play-caller didn't do a bad job actually. The Colts ran into our defense. They made some plays and converted first downs, they just couldn't get touchdowns instead of field goals.

I'd say our defense played better than fairly well. They didn't score a point on offense. I don't think this is the case of numbers lying either.

Re: The NFL Thread

Originally Posted by xi0

Was there a pass completed in the fourth quarter? All I saw was drop after drop. I thought the replacement play-caller didn't do a bad job actually. The Colts ran into our defense. They made some plays and converted first downs, they just couldn't get touchdowns instead of field goals.

I'd say our defense played better than fairly well. They didn't score a point on offense. I don't think this is the case of numbers lying either.

A big part of why I don't like Luck that much (although he's good/decent) is that he doesn't always hit the players where they need to be hit. It didn't help that his receivers couldn't catch a ball in the fourth quarter. :P

Well, your defense played well, but the Colts ineptitude hurt themselves quite a lot. The Ravens did do a good job hitting Luck, although most of the better teams have done well at that.

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With RG3 going down with injury and the Redskins only recording 70 or 74 yards of total offense in quarters two through four, I went 1-3 this weekend in my picks. The Packers over the Vikings was the only pick I got wrote.